Starr wins 2015 Text Prize
Friday, 29 May 2015
Author and teacher Kimberley Starr has won the 2015 Text Prize for YA and Children’s Writing for her manuscript The Book of Whispers.The winning manuscript, a historical fantasy novel set...
Erpenbeck wins 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Thursday, 28 May 2015
German author Jenny Erpenback has won the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The End of Days (translated by Susan Bernofsky, Portobello Books), reports the Bookseller. Erpenbeck and Bernofsky will...
Amazon to pay tax on UK sales
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Amazon has started booking its UK retail sales through the UK, which means its profits will be taxed by HM Revenue and Customs, reports the Guardian. For the past 11...
New Book Council to ‘promote books’, says Brandis
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The purpose of the proposed Book Council of Australia is to ‘promote books’ and is ‘about more than writers’, federal arts minister George Brandis has told a Senate estimates committee.In the...
Wilderness Society announces 2015 children’s book award shortlists
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced, including a new category for nonfiction titles.The shortlisted books in each category are:Fiction Lulu Bell...
Kobo, American Booksellers Association announce new ‘incentive program’
Thursday, 28 May 2015
In the US, Kobo and the American Booksellers Association (ABA) have partnered on a new ‘eRead Local’ program to run for 100 days this summer, reports Publishers Weekly. ABA stores...
Australian Children’s Laureate program calls for industry support to ‘secure future’
Thursday, 28 May 2015
The Australian Children’s Laureate Alliance (ACLA) has launched a fundraising campaign to ‘secure the future of the program’.‘We need the industry to support the Laureate because the Laureate is all...
Hachette, EWF launch Richell Prize for emerging writers
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Hachette Australia has launched a $10,000 prize for emerging writers in memory of former CEO Matt Richell, who died in a surfing accident in 2014.The Richell Prize, which has been...
McCorkell wins 2015 Affirm Press Creative Writing Prize
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Tobias McCorkell has won the 2015 Affirm Press Creative Writing Prize for an excerpt from his novel Barely Anything.McCorkell’s novel, a component of his PhD on contemporary Australian literature, is set...
Harper wins 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Jane Harper has won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her novel The Dry.The $15,000 award was presented at the opening night of the 2015...
Frankfurt Book Fair and IPR License form partnership
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has announced it will take a minority shareholding in global rights and licensing trading platform IPR License Ltd. The ‘significant investment’ will see the two...
International library news
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Open access coalition attacks ElsevierA new hosting and sharing policy introduced in April by publisher Elsevier has been widely criticised by a global coalition of academic, library and technology organisations,...
Celebrity books and global markets discussed at VIP industry forum
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival included the annual Visiting International Publishers (VIP) program, which offers Australian publishers the opportunity to meet with international publishers and editors. On 20 May several...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
SalesFiction—Fremantle Press has sold UK, US and European rights to The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Tracy Farr) and The Weaver Fish (Robert Edeson) to Aardvark Bureau. Nonfiction—Black Inc....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
‘The cancellation of the June round of funding will have an immediate effect on the publishers of Australian literary titles, requiring the cancellation or postponement of some of those titles’—Giramondo...
Record box office and book sales at SWF 2015; nonfiction titles dominate
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
The Sydney Writers’ Festival’s 2015 theme ‘How to Live’ has been a resounding success for both the box office and book sales.This year’s festival, which ran from 18-24 May, attracted...
‘The Brothers Quibble’ to be read for National Simultaneous Storytime tomorrow; SBS creates audiobooks in multiple languages
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
The Brothers Quibble (Aaron Blabey, Viking) will be read by an estimated 450,000 children in more than 3000 schools across Australia at 11am (EST) on Wednesday morning, as part of...
PRH UK and Amazon in terms dispute
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK and Amazon are in dispute over terms, with a new contract currently under negotiation, reports the Bookseller. While neither company has confirmed the terms under...
Dovey and London share NSW Premier’s People’s Choice Award
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
The Golden Age by Joan London (Vintage) and Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey (Hamish Hamilton) are the joint winners of the 2015 NSW Premier’s People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award is chosen online by...
National Young Writers’ Month 2015 program launched
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Express Media has launched the 2015 program for National Young Writers’ Month, its annual June event for young writers across Australia. This years’ program includes 14 livestreamed discussions with young...
Industry groups respond to Australia Council cuts
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Small Press Network (SPN) have responded to the Australia Council’s decision to suspend and cut some of its programs, following funding cuts to the organisation in...
‘SMH’ 2015 Best Young Novelists announced
Monday, 25 May 2015
The winners of this year’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists Awards have been announced.The winners are: Michael Mohammed Ahmad (The Tribe, Giramondo) Ellen van Neerven (Heat and...
Australian Book Design Awards 2015 winners announced
Monday, 25 May 2015
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners for the 2015 Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 22 May.The winning titles in each category are:Best designed...
Amazon fines publishers for late deliveries
Monday, 25 May 2015
In the UK, Amazon has started fining publishers for late deliveries of books to its warehouses, reports the Bookseller. The retailer has sent a letter to suppliers warning that if...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 25 May 2015
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins, Doubleday) is the number one bestseller in the top 10 chart this week, followed by last week’s number one, Memory Man (David Baldacci,...
Meek wins 2015 Orwell Prize
Monday, 25 May 2015
In the UK, James Meek has won the £3000 (A$5945) Orwell Prize for his book Private Island (Verso), which explores the phenomenon of privatisation in the UK, reports the Bookseller. The prize...
ALIA reveals most borrowed books
Monday, 25 May 2015
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2015 to mark the start of Library and Information Week, which...
Harlequin Audio launched in the US
Friday, 22 May 2015
In the US, Harlequin has announced the launch of an audiobook imprint Harlequin Audio, reports Publishers Weekly. The imprint plans to release 200 audio titles in its first year, beginning...
Australia Council suspends, cuts programs following funding cuts
Friday, 22 May 2015
The Australia Council has cancelled its June grant round and suspended its six-year funding for organisations program, among other changes following $110m in funding cuts announced in the 2015-16 federal budget.The...
Pan Mac wins publisher and book of the year at 2015 ABIAs
Friday, 22 May 2015
The winners of the 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 21 May.Pan Macmillan was one of the big winners of the night, taking out the...
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